This article touches base with facts and statistics on the crisis of “childhood obesity.” In the case of obesity, one in every three children are born overweight. This is a serious healthcare problem and will continue to be a threat all over the world if people don’t start becoming completely aware of the consequences. Within the last 40 years, obesity rates for children between the ages of 6 and 11 have quadrupled while those between 12 and 19 have tripled. At this standard, children born in the year 2000, will be the first generation not to live as long as their parents. After screening, 42 percent of children in schools are either overweight or are in danger of being overweight. Children like this, suffering from weight issues are at high risk of dislipidemia, hypertension, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. 8 out of 10 states with the highest obesity rates are located in the south; Hispanics and African Americans are at an even bigger insecurity than Caucasians.
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ReplyDeleteUnited States Congress Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families. "Childhood Obesity: The Declining Health of America's Next Generation-National Problem, Southern Crisis : Field Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Second Session, on Examining Childhood Obesity, Focusing on the Declining Health of America's Next Generation-National Problem, Southern Crisis, October 23, 2008, Nashville, Tn." 2009. (n.page.) UCF Database. 1/8/12. http://ucf.catalog.fcla.edu/cf.jsp?st=Childhood+Obesity%3A+The+Declining+Health+of+America%92s+Next+Generation-+National+Problem%2C+Southern+Crisis.+&ix=kw&V=D&S=1551328756727751&I=0#top.